File. Australia (Australian Council)

Reference No:: U DMS/12/9
Dates:: 8 Nov 1977-19 Dec 1979
Description:: Contains the following papers relating to Mission to Seafarers work in Australia: correspondence of Reverend W.J.D. Down as General Secretary of the Mission to Seafarers; statement of accounts of the Australian Council of the Mission to Seafarers Feb 1979; minutes of constitution conference of the Mission to Seafarers in Australia 1977; report of the Chaplain's Triennial Conference of the Mission to Seafarers in Australia and New Zealand; minutes of Australian Council meeting held 1 May 1979. Relates to various matters including: preparation of draft constitution for an Australian Council in 1977; policy to make overseas stations self-supporting; finances; Sea Sunday; branch constitutions; Hamersley Iron Proprietary and the Dampier seafarers' centre; grant of £10,000 by London headquarters to the Australian Council; proposal that a lay person be appointed to coordinate work of the Australian Council and to prepare funding submissions; named chaplains and personnel.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull University Archives
Collection:: Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)